Many years ago I had a Ford Thunderbird, at the time there was a regulation that the passenger seat had to lock in place so during breaking the back would not swing forward, Thunderbird put in an inertia latch so using a latch to manually unlock the back of the seat was not necessary. I have a dog leash that is not legal because it is to long, very popular and widely used leash. I have often heard it said when a new law is passed lawyers will look at the law and see if there are loop holes they can use for there purposes. At this time in my life it seems we create so many new laws for our protection it's a wonder we are all not criminals. After all the car was releasing to much nitrous oxide ( laughing gas ) maybe they thought it would be funny.Carl2

At this time in my life it seems we create so many new laws for our protection it's a wonder we are all not criminals. After all the car was releasing to much nitrous oxide ( laughing gas ) maybe they thought it would be funny.Carl2

Totally agree with you there Carl2, there are too many laws trying to protect us. Like you said it is only laughing gas after all.

It feels like we are living in an ever more crazy world, this whole cheating emission test has probably been blown out of all proportion and I was taken in by it, by the media.

Here is a thought, if the cars have lower emission while ticking over (because of the "cheating" software) isn't that a good thing

We have a 20MPH speed limit in town. I break the law pretty much every day of my life.

With regard to vehicle emissions and "oxides of Nitrogen", the gas that is emitted is NO, which isn't really "laughing gas", and as Snowy pointed out is really very toxic. And I think we all speed from time to time (my rule is 5-10MPH over unless there are cops or children around - adults can look after themselves. ), so you're in good (or bad, depending on viewpoint) company there, Mate.

" nitrogen oxides (NOx) " is what the article states, I do remember ages ago when the EGR (exhaust gas recirculator) was introduced to lower the temperature in the combustion chamber to lower polutions. I do know that cars did emit laughing gas before this was introduced.

Car exhaust: "The largest part of most combustion gas is nitrogen (N2), water vapor (H2O) (except with pure-carbon fuels), and carbon dioxide (CO2) (except for fuels without carbon); these are not toxic or noxious (although carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming). A relatively small part of combustion gas is undesirable noxious or toxic substances, such as carbon monoxide (CO) from incomplete combustion, hydrocarbons (properly indicated as CxHy, but typically shown simply as "HC" on emissions-test slips) from unburnt fuel, nitrogen oxides (NOx) from excessive combustion temperatures, and particulate matter (mostly soot). Again the symbol NOx rather than a definite Nitrogen oxygen combination.Carl2